The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-10-22

brow, and Iuccrafed hand, and whipped
back, and saying:
CONS INTO me. N 20 Who are weary
and heavy laden, and vill give you rest.
Again there Is = field OF usefulness.
but little touched. occupied by those
who are astray in their habits. All
northern nations. like those of North
America, and England. and Scotland.
that Ia. in the colder climates. are de-
yastated BY alcoholism. They take the
fire TO keep mp the warmth. In
southern countries. like Arabia and
spain. the blood Is so they are not
tempted 10 fiery liquids.
The great Roman armies never
drank anything stronger than water
tinged with vinegar. but under our
northern climate the temptation 10
heating stimulants Is most mighty,
and millions succumb.
When mans habits go wrong the
Church drops him. the social circle
drops him. good influences drop him.
OF all the men who get of track but
few ever get on again. Near my sum-
mer residence there is a life-saving
station on the beach. There are all
the ropes and rockets, the boats. the
machinery for getting people of ship
wrecks. Summer before last l saw
there fifteen or twenty men who We're
breakfasting after having just escaped
with their lives and nothing more.
Up and down our coasts are built
these useful structures, and the marin
ers know it. and they feel that If they
are driven into the breakers there will
be apt from shore To come rescue.
NThe churches of God ought TO be SO
lnany life-saving stations, not SO much
10 help those who are in smooth
waters, but those who have been ship
wrecked. Come, let us run out the
life-boa And who will man themg
We do not preach enough for such
men; we have not enough faith In their
release.
Furthermore, the destitute children
OF the street offer field of work com
paratively unoccupied. The nncared
for children are in the majority In
Brooklyn and most OF our cities.
When they grow up, If unreformed,
they will outvote your children. The
whisky ring will hatch out other
whisky rings. and grog-shops will kill
with their horrid stencil public sobriety.
unles the Church OF God rises up with
outstretched arms and enfolds this
dying population in her bosom. Pub
lie schools can not do it. Art galleries
can not do it. Blackwell's Island can
not do it, Almshouses can not do il.
New York Tombs and Rayman Street
Jail can not do IT. Church of God,
wake up to your magnificent mission!
You can do IL. Get somewhere, some
how 10 work.
The Prussian cavalry mount by put
ting their right foot in the stirrup. |
don't care how You mount your war
charger, II you only get into this battle
for God, and get there soon. right STIR
rup, or left stirrup, or no stirrup at all.
The unoccupied fields are all around
us, and why should we build on an
other mans foundations That God
has called this Church TO especial
work no one can doubt. Its history
has been miraculous. God has helped
ms at every step, and though the
wheels of Its history have made many
revolutions, they have all been for
ward, and never backward, and now
with our borders enlarged and with
important endorsements, we start on
new campaign. At Sharon Springs,
nineteen years ago, walking in the
park. asked God III he had any parti-
cular work for me to do, To make IL
plain. and would do IL. He revealed
TO me the style of church we were TO
have, and he revealed 10 me the
architecture, and he revealed to me the
style of worship, and he revealed to
me my work, and, as far as in my
/ ignorance and weakness / have seen
the right way, have tried 10 walk in
il. We decided that we wanted soul
saving church, and it has been almost
constant outpouring Of the Holy
Ghost. Ye powers of darkness, ye
/ devils in hell. we mean TO snatch from
your dominions other multitudes. IL
God will help us. have heard Of
what was called the "thnndering
legion" IL was in l79, part Of the
Roman army 10 which some Christians
belonged. and their prayers, IL was
said, were answered by thunder and
lightning and hail and tempest, which
overthrow an invading army and saved
the empire. And would 10 God that
this church may be so mighty in prayer
and work that IL would become thun-
dering legion before which the forces
OF sin might be routed, and the gates
OF hell might tremble. Now that the